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Unlink One Drive from my PC
I have to rebuild my PC recently. Accidentally, I have added One Drive to my system without paying attention to it. I don't want to save my files on my desktop, document and photo folder onto One Dri...
- You have created a real mess for yourself.
If possible, you need to reinstall OneDrive and set it up again the way it was.
THEN:
right-click the little cloud icon in your system tray and choose the Setting wheel in the top right corner. Choose settings again from the popup window. This takes you to the OneDrive configuration windows. Select the "Settings" tab and uncheck the "Start OneDrive automatically..." box. Select Account and select Unlink this PC. Then choose OK.
When OneDrive finishes putting any/all of your files back on your local system, it will invite you to configure OneDrive, close it, and it's gone. Then you can delete the OneDrive folder on your system.
Also, the 2 folders have no content in it.......
- You have created a real mess for yourself.
If possible, you need to reinstall OneDrive and set it up again the way it was.
THEN:
right-click the little cloud icon in your system tray and choose the Setting wheel in the top right corner. Choose settings again from the popup window. This takes you to the OneDrive configuration windows. Select the "Settings" tab and uncheck the "Start OneDrive automatically..." box. Select Account and select Unlink this PC. Then choose OK.
When OneDrive finishes putting any/all of your files back on your local system, it will invite you to configure OneDrive, close it, and it's gone. Then you can delete the OneDrive folder on your system.OneDrive settings, Account, Unlink this PC
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- Thanks for your reply.
I follow your instructions until "Unlink this PC". Can't even hit [OK]. The computer does not do anything afterwards. And the Pictures and Documents folders still point to One Drive.
Thanks again.rsdofnyIt can take a rather long time.
Look at the cloud in the system tray. (you may need to hover your mouse pointer over it) and you should get a message (signing out) which will last for possibly a long time.
Be patient, when the cloud turns grey with a diagonal line through it, you are unlinked. Then you can sign out and in again and OneDrive will be disconnected.
